Attachment Report

MOI UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMET

DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

TASK: FIELD ATTATCHMENT

SUPERVISOR: MR. ODWORI

PLACE: GEDE NATIONAL MONUMENT

DURATION: 18TH MAY 2009 TO 18TH JULY 2009

TITLE: A REPORT ON MY FIELD ATTATCHMENT AT THE GEDE NATIONAL MONUMENT

NAME: ONG’AYO MICHAEL OGUTU

REG. No.: DIP/TWM/13/08

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Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1

1.0 INTRODUCTION 2

2.0 ATTRACTIONS FOUND IN THE GEDE NATIONAL MONUMENT 3

2.1 The Ruins. 3

2.2 Animals 3

2.2.1 Mammals 3

2.2.2 Reptiles 3

2.2.3 Birds 3

2.3 The Forest 4

3.0 GEDE SYKES MONKEY PROJECT 4

3.1 About the Sykes monkeys 4

3.1.1 Composition of Sykes Monkeys. 4

3.1.2 Diet of the Sykes monkeys. 5

3.1.3 The dangers to the Sykes Monkeys. 6

4.0 KIPEPEO BUTTERFLY PROJECT. 6

4.1 Butterfly farming. 7

4.2 Beekeeping and Honey Processing 8

4.3 Cloth making from silk 8

5.0 RECOMMENDATIONS. 9

5.1 Gede National Monument 9

5.2 The Kipepeo Butterfly Project 9

6.0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10

7.0 REFERENCES 11

1.0 INTRODUCTION

The Gede National Monument is located 18 kilometers south of Malindi about 100 kilometers north of Mombasa. The ruins of Gede are the remains of a Swahili town located in Gede, a village near the coastal town of Malindi.

The town covered an area of around 45 acres. The north-west corner of the ruins has been excavated and it consists of magnificent buildings of the old town and the Great Mosque. (Kirkman, 1975). This area consists of many buildings concentrated together compared to the other areas within the 45 acres an indication that many people lived here.

From the 13th/14th to 17th C Gede was a thriving community along the jungle coast of Africa until a number factors contributed to its decline. Among the reasons were the Wazimba raid along the East Africa coast, the removal of the Sheikh of Malindi by the coming of the Portuguese to Mombasa, the falling water table as...